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ACLU-SDIC Testimony – San Diego City Council Considers Whether to Continue Surveillance Use Policies
By Blair Overstreet
ACLU Responds to President Trump’s Comments to Police
WASHINGTON, DC — President Trump addressed a group of law enforcement officers in Brentwood, New York, today and endorsed the use of force against people police suspect of criminal activity.
Jeffery Robinson, deputy legal director at the American Civil Liberties Union and di
California Senate Approves Bail Reform Legislation
The California Money Bail Reform Act is sponsored by the American Civil Liberties Union of California, the Anti-Recidivism Coalition, Californians for Safety and Justice, the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Essie Justice Group, the California Public Defenders Association, Silicon Valley De-Bug, SEIU California, and the Western Center on Law and Poverty.
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The Search For The Next Chief of Police
The ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties strongly supports robust civic engagement in decision-making about the next Chief of the San Diego Police Department. For this reason, we are pleased to see that the Mayor’s May revised budget for the City of San Diego includes a line item for $100,000 to recruit San Diego’s next Police Chief!More than one hundred concerned San Diegans attended the City Council’s budget hearing this past Monday evening to voice their support for this important expenditure. Dozens more attended hearings over the past month for the same purpose. Thank you for speaking out. The Mayor and City Council heard our voices and responded.Our advocacy must not end here. In fact, this is when we must lean in to ensure that the recruitment process is community-centered, inclusive, and informed by diverse perspectives.Key factors of a strong recruitment process include:
ACLU to Jeff Sessions: Repeating The Failed War on Drugs Experiment Is Taking the Nation Back by Decades
Nationwide Report: Insurance Corporations Created Exploitative $2 Billion Bail Industry
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ACLU Rallies for Freedom and Justice for All at State Capitol
SACRAMENTO–Today, the ACLU of California hosted its annual rally and lobby day to promote legislation that will reform California’s unfair money bail system, protect immigrants from mass deportations, and stop California from participating in or creating a Muslim registry. Several policymakers, advocates, affected community members, and 400 ACLU members and supporters from throughout the state joined the organization.
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